On Screen: The Fade

The Fade is a distinctive film which presents an exclusive window into the lives of 4 barbers. Directed by Andy Mundy-Castle, Assistant Producer on Channel 4.The Fade observes real personalities and displays the power of entrepreneurship and the mobility it provides for individual goals and status within the black community. The wit of all the characters is easily captured, demonstrating how boys become men in this self-contained masculine world.